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S 1537 114th Congress Senate

Border Health Security Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for all hazards preparedness in the border area including bioterrorism, i… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for all hazards preparedness in the border area including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 10, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 10, 2015
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 Latest action June 10, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Health Security Act of 2015

This bill amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to require the commission to cooperate with the Canada-United States Pan-Border Public Health Preparedness Council and to recommend and implement initiatives that solve border health issues. Members of the commission may provide advice or recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or Congress without authorization or a request.

HHS must award grants: (1) to address the priorities and recommendations of the commission and council to improve the health of border area residents, and (2) for infectious disease surveillance activities in border areas.

Every five years, the commission and the council must each prepare a binational strategic plan that includes priority areas, recommendations to address these priority areas, and an evaluation framework to gauge progress.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response may coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security in establishing a system that alerts clinicians and public health officials to emerging health threats in border areas.
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jun 10, 2015
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Jun 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1537: Border Health Security Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1537/
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"S. 1537: Border Health Security Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1537/.
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S. 1537, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1537/.
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